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to: MAURICE KINAL
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2020-11-16 09:44:00
subject: Re: slightly different fo

Hi Maurice,

On 2020-11-15 14:03:51, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> Of course, and I think I called you Don Quichot before. ;)

 MK> I've been called worse.  Anyhow it doesn't change the fact that I am right
 MK> about dropping the '+' character, as well as the obsolete datetime stamp.

No your wrong, it works according to the fidonet standard.

Keep fighting those windmills! ;)

 MK> I could also note that some people are still getting the CHRS wrong
 MK> according to fidonet specs.

That's true. Although "people" should be "software".

 MK> but like the TZUTC flag it appears to be a flag that doesn't really do
 MK> anything.

But it does! Editors can and will use the flag to display the text in the
message body in the right character set. I know golded can when properly
configured.

 MK> Just like the FTSC.  ;-)

If you don't like what they do, you should join them, so you can change that!
;)

 WvV>> It will do for that, as long as it displays the real timezone
 WvV>> of the user, and not 0000 when he's not in the UK.

 MK> Or South Africa.  They aren't in the UK and +0000 is just as real to them.
 MK> Beats me if any of them use the TZUTC flag but I am guessing not.

There are no African nodes anymore nor Portugese, but there are nodes in the
UK.

Bye, Wilfred.

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